The owner Rick Porter posted the beef on his Fox Hill Farm’s website after a telephone conversation with track President Kevin Flanery left him unsatisfied with Flanery’s answer, which according to Porter was that Flanery would research it and get back to Porter.

A comment from Churchill Downs officials was not available Tuesday.

Porter said in his posting that his assistant was told that Porter would get no free seats for running Normandy Invasion in Friday’s Alysheba Stakes.

“I was also informed that I did not even get a ticket to get in the track,” Porter wrote. “We were offered several seats for $200.”

Porter said he then called Flanery, who called back “and informed me that the information that was given to us was true. No seats were available and you had to pay your own way in. He said they were the facts.”

Porter said he then challenged Flanery whether those facts were “fair.”

Flanery said he would verify the information and call back, according to Porter.

Porter said he decided to take to the Internet before receiving an answer.

“Ladies and gentlemen there are no more than a hundred horses in the undercard graded stakes this coming weekend,” he said. “If Churchill gave each owner two tickets that would be 200 seats in a stadium that holds at least 52,000. I can’t imagine that it is too much to ask of the president of Churchill Downs, Kevin Flanery, to forego the income on that small number of seats.”

Porter said he also had difficulty getting a table last year for four World War II veterans from D-Day — who stormed the beaches that Porter’s Normandy Invasion is named after — and their assistants.

Porter said he was told no and then appealed to Richard Duchossois, who with his family’s holdings is the largest shareholder of Churchill Downs Inc.

“He could not believe it and called me back in less than 3 minutes and said you have a table for 8 in one of the nicest rooms at Churchill,” Porter wrote.

Porter accused Churchill of having a disregard for owners and bettors, who are having more money taken off the top of their wagers because of takeout increase.

“Not only do I feel that owners are treated like second-class citizens by Churchill Downs, so too are the handicappers and everyday bettors,” Porter said.

Reporter Gregory A. Hall can be reached at (502) 582-4087. Follow him on Twitter at @gregoryahall.